MSU looks to refresh tower

University seeking proposals on revitalizing Sunvilla

11:23 AM,
Mar. 13, 2013

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Missouri State University will ask for proposals on how to spruce up and revitalize the 50-year-old Sunvilla Tower to make it more attractive to students seeking apartment-style living.

"The options would be wide open," said Earle Doman, MSU's vice president for student affairs. "That whole building was built in 1963 and it is just getting tired."

The university wants to explore remodeling options before it would give serious consideration to razing the building, Doman said. MSU bought Sunvilla Tower, at Elm Street and John Q. Hammons Parkway, for student housing in 1976 for $1.7 ...